In the first half Sanogo came up empty with a miss or a turnover 4-5x. I thought he was establishing position too far from the basket which required him to make more moves with the ball than another 3 ft in. When he hadn't been scoring, he started to force the action and it didn't work. He should have passed out and re-established. Kudos to Depaul if this was the result of a defensive plan and execution.
It astonishes me that Polley and Hawkins are both 'on' or both 'off'. Hurley has the right to be able to rely on at least one or the other in every game, and they aren't giving it to him.
RJ Cole is so important to everything we do. He carried this team vs Depaul. He was the entire offense in the first half, handled the ball, drew offensive fouls, and made his free throws in the last minute when Martin & Jackson missed front ends.
Martin's yips under the rim are unacceptable. Everybody misses occasionally, but geez...
Whaley has decided he doesn't want to shoot. If he's open he starts to move to a defender so he has an excuse to pass. The box score is generous to him if he didn't have several turnovers. Off the top of my head I can think of 2 entry passes, a moving pick, and losing his handle on the ball at the sideline. Good or bad game, he usually doesn't make so many pure mistakes.
I don't like it, but I'll forgive Jackson's front end miss because he has made a bunch, Martin has to make an end of game 1 & 1 or give up the ball to a better foul shooter. They needed to foul, he kept the ball, that means he wants to take the FTs, and that means he needs to make them.
This was exactly the game I envisioned when I posted in the Depaul pregame thread. They figure out a way to be in every game and get ahead, then figure how to lose it in the end.